The IRS is warning taxpayers about two new e-mail scams that are showing up in people's inboxes. Remember, the IRS does not contact taxpayers by e-mail, so if you get an e-mail claiming to be from the IRS, THE IRS DIDN"T SEND IT. I have included the text of both scam e-mails below. Note that all [...]

A tax scam in the Kansas City area is ending poorly for 14 people who have been indicted for allegedly defrauding the federal government out of millions of dollars in false tax refunds. The ringleader of the scam was Gerald A. Poynter II, who also goes by the nickname "Brother Jerry Love." The Kansas City Star [...]

Two Californians who called themselves "professional astrologers" have been barred from setting up trusts for clients. The U.S. District Court ruling comes after the pair were accused of promoting tax fraud. They had their clients sign an "oath of privacy" that prohibited the clients from disclosing information to the IRS. Joe Kristan at the Tax Update [...]

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